The year 2007 is coming to an end and its time to review our achievements and errors for the last year as well as settings some realistic goals for 2008. This blog was established in March 2006 and in almost 3 months, it will be two years old. I dont normally set goals because mostly i end up not following them but as Daily Blog Tips is having a Group Writing Project on Blogging Goals for 2008 , and i like participating in GRP, i think i should set up some realistic goals regarding this blog and see if i can accomplish them next year. So here is my list of goals which i will hope to achieve next year. Read the rest of this entry »

A very common question which everyone faces while starting a blog is “How will i get someone to read it ” ? . Well there can be a lot of answers to this question . Here i will describe a few methods which i used when i started my blog . Initially i also used to get around 10 hits for my blog but now it is much better , so this article will basically help the newcomers out there

1)Submit you site to search engines

Submitting your sites to search engines like Google , Yahoo , MSN etc will feature your site in the search results . But remember , getting your site listed on top of search results is not an easy job , it requires some knowledge of Search Engine Optimization .

2)Content is the king

For blogs one thing i have come to know is that content is the king . If your content is good , people will revisit your site and will become regular readers . Always post content that is useful and unique , do not copy and paste , posting Tutorials and How To’s help a lot . The more unique the content , the more appealing it will be and dont forget to link to the original post if required. Read the rest of this entry »

The group writing project from Problogger is now over . Even though i didnt win a prize a still feel like a winner as i got a chance to meet lots of interesting bloggers and read there amazing articles . Now its time to spread the link love …i am going to mention some of the fav posts …

• The Three Amigos by Scott
• Why i won the “Time’s Person of the year” by sarkastic
• To Think a lost cell phone started it all by Mama Duck
• Lessons Learned in 2006 by Basil
• Reviews and predictions from a Canadian Problogger by David
• 2007 Prediction :Blogs will be replaced by Joshua
• Looking Back to Look Ahead by Rod
• The biggest Blogging mistake i made in 2006 by George
• Spamkiller pugin i used in 2006 by Jhay
• Thinking of 2007 by Thajesh
• Predicting the evolution of Techspot Inside Out by Ashish
• How not to be successful blogger by engtech
• The withdrawing of forces and other predictions of 07 by Ronald
• Finding the courage to fail by Jennifer
• Make way for Blo-gedi by tigerfish
• The future of Blogging by Steve
• Review of affiliate marketing in India by Ashok
• Looking back at me in 2006 by Ray
• Dont hold your breadth in 2007 by Dan
• 101 Blog tips i learned in 2006 by Daniel
• Kick Start your blogging business and make big Money by Andrew
• Looking Ahead -Tech predictions for 2007 by James

It was a great fun reading through all the entries ….If you want to view all the entries just visit Day 1 , Day 2 , Day 3 , Day 4 .

The Blog Tagging is gaining quite a popularity among bloggers these days as can be seen from most of the sites . I was recently tagged by sourcer to tell 5 things about me and so here i go

1. I am a hardcore gamer - I am a huge computer games buff , whether action , strategy , RPG , Sports , simulation , racing I play them all .My fav games include DOOM , UT , PES , QUAKE , FEAR , NFS ,AOE , MAX PAYNE , SYBERIA ,FOOTBALL MANAGER ,CS and lots more
2. I love soccer - Apart from blogging , gaming i also like to watch EPL , La Liga and i am a die hard fan of Manchester United Football Club . My dream is to visit Old Trafford stadium every saturday and watch them play along with the fans .
3. I like programming - I have been programming since the last 3 years in c and c++ . I also like learning new languages and am currently busy with Java and Visual Basic , php . One day i plan to start a programming blog also .
4. I Love movies - I also like watching movies during my free time especially romatic movies and larger than life movies like Godfather , Shawshank Redemption etc . If you guys want ..i might also start posting some movie reviews.
5. I want to be a Game Programmer - My one dream in life is to become a good software developer and program a good game . My idol is John Carmack .

I am tagging Carol , Shiva , Shwetz , Rohit , Ashish